PARTING SHOT " SEVERAL YEARS AGO on a fall photography trip, a good friend and I passed by Pioneer Farm in the fields of the Columbia Connecticut River Valley. We were drawn to the red barn and fall color in the hills and vowed to return in the winter, hoping to photograph the well-preserved, 18th-century red barn in the snow. After patiently waiting for weeks, snow was finally in the forecast, and we made the trip back up north. There was an abundance of snow, much of it still clinging to the trees. I noticed there were still apples on a tree near the barn, so I set up my camera and used the tree to frame the shot. We both clicked away until the soft late-afternoon light eventually faded and the sun dipped behind the hills. Our timing for this trip was perfect! Just a few days later, a rainstorm washed away most of the snow. " - Photographer Betty Wiley